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Delbert Alden Knudson
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Delbert Alden Knudson
4/1/1895 - 1944
(Shown at age 33)
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Delbert Alden Knudson was born on April 1, 1895 in Irwin, Iowa and died about 1944 in an unknown place. Actual date of death is unknown. He lived to be about 48 years old.
His parents came from Norway and could not speak English. He was the first generation born in America. He was Nicknamed 'Del' and had a wooden leg due to a fire injury as a child. His leg caught on fire when he tried to start a fire using Kerosene. He also had a tattoo of a woman on his upper arm. He had five brothers and sisters (we think). Date of death is unknown. Del was a well known Chef in the Omaha area and met and married a waitress named Oma Kosher. However, he told her that his name was Del Kingston. It wasn't until after their first child was born that his sister came to visit. After Oma learned that Del's real name was Knudson, she insisted that they be remarried with his correct name.
Del also had a great love for the stronger kind of drink. Between employment, he would pawn his professional Chef knives and tools. When he found another job he would ask for an advance to get his tools from the pawn shop. He was arrested for bootlegging, too. | 
 | Census | 6/22/1900 | Greeley IA (Shelby County) | 5 yrs old | | Recorded as family #126: Jacob Knudson (age 55), Lizzie (wife, age 41), Louie (son, age 17, born 2/1883), Merle (son, age 14, born 9/1885), Ella (daughter, age 11, born 9/1888), Florence (daughter, age 9, 12/1890), Dilbert (son, age 5, born 4/1895), Willis (son, age 2, 6/1897). Lizzie has given birth to 6 children and all are still living. Jacob was born in Norway while Lizzie and the children were born in Iowa. Lizzie's father was born in Scotland and her mother in England. Both of Jacob's parents were born in Norway. Jacob indicates that he immigrated to the US in 1877 (23 years ago) and he is not a citizen. Jacob is a farmer. All of the children, except the youngest, are attending school. All can read, write and speak English. |
| Census | 4/16/1910 | Shelby IA (Jefferson County) | 15 yrs old | | Recorded as family #23: Jacob Knudson (age 64), Elizabeth (age 53), Murl (son, age 24), Florence (daughter, age 18), Delbert (age 15), and Willie (age 11). Jacob was born in northern Norway and Elizabeth and children were born in Iowa. Jacob's parents were also born in Northern Norway and Elizabeth's parents were both born in England. Jacob lists his occupations as teaming and odd jobs. Murl is a manager of a ????. All adults indicate they speak English and can read and write. |
| Census | 4/11/1930 | Omaha NE | 35 yrs old | | Recorded as family #251: Delbert Knudson (head, age 30), Oma (wife, age 26), Delbert (son, age 6), Dwayne (son, age 5) and Darlene (daughter, age 4) and Henry L. Koser (father-in-law, age 60, born in IL, father in PA and mother in NJ). They are renting their home and estimate the value of their property at $15. 00. They do no own a radio. Oma and the children were born in Nebraska. Delbert Sr. was born in Iowa and his father was born in Norway and mother in the US. Oma says that her father was born in Illinois and her mother in Ohio. Oma and Delbert were married when she was 18 and he was 23. Delbert Sr. is working as a cook in a restaurant. Henry L. Kosher, father-in-law, is living with them. He is 60 years old and was born in Illinois (his father in PA and mother in NJ). |
| Newspaper | 11/24/1934 | | 39 yrs old | | Their routine duties of extinguishing the fire done during the Thanksgiving season, the firemen came back during their off-duty hours to bring food, clothing and bedding to the family of Delbert Knudson, 1719 Fort Street. R.L. Hillock of engine company No. ?? coordinated the temporary repairs to the home. Grouped about Mrs. Knudson are Doug (age 3), Daphne (age 5), and Darlene (age 9). Mr. Knudson was in the hospital where he underwent surgery. |
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1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
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1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
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1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
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1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
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1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
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1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
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1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
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1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
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1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
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1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
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1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
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1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
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1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
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1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
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1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
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1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
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1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
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1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
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Born on March 24, 1904 and died on April 13, 1984
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The Children of Delbert Alden Knudson
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Delbert Alden Knudson Jr.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska about 1923 and died in Omaha, Nebraska about 1932. He was about 9 years old.
He was hit and killed by a drunk driver when he was 8 years old. His nickname was 'Juny'....
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77 years old
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Darlene Adele Knudson
Born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 25, 1925 and died somewhere in South Carolina on December 20, 2006. She was 81 years old.
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82 years old
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Daphne Ardith Knudson
Born in Omaha, Nebraska on June 21, 1930 and died in Tallahassee, Florida on November 15, 2023. She was 93 years old.
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70 years old
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Douglas Arnold Knudson
Born in Omaha, Nebraska on April 15, 1932 and died in St. Louis, Missouri on November 18, 2019. He was 87 years old.
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